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Angela Huyue Zhang & Yue Zhao explain why formal, objective assessments are needed to ensure AI safety and expose marketing hype

Angela Huyue Zhang & Yue Zhao explain why formal, objective assessments are needed to ensure AI safety and expose marketing hype

Barry Eichengreen, et al. argue that highly concentrated supply chains enable a halt on the production of training-capable chips

Barry Eichengreen, et al. argue that highly concentrated supply chains enable a halt on the production of training-capable chips

Greens AI plan targets data sovereignty, environmental rules and labelling requirements for AI content

Greens AI plan targets data sovereignty, environmental rules and labelling requirements for AI content

Labour's plan for data centres and what its spokesperson Reuben Davidson thinks about overseas panic about AI's threat to humanity

Labour's plan for data centres and what its spokesperson Reuben Davidson thinks about overseas panic about AI's threat to humanity

Barry Eichengreen warns that opacity prevails in the private debt markets that are funding the AI boom. Investors need to watch out because regulators are not making information easy to obtain

Barry Eichengreen warns that opacity prevails in the private debt markets that are funding the AI boom. Investors need to watch out because regulators are not making information easy to obtain

Labour eyes tight energy rules for data centres, copyright protections for artists and media, education, productivity focus and more in AI policy

Labour eyes tight energy rules for data centres, copyright protections for artists and media, education, productivity focus and more in AI policy

Proposed Australian laws would let people opt out of social media algorithms. Tama Leaver explains

Proposed Australian laws would let people opt out of social media algorithms. Tama Leaver explains

Shelley Marshall argues Meta’s US$18 billion settlement echoes past tobacco lawsuits, including how they avoided harsh penalties

Shelley Marshall argues Meta’s US$18 billion settlement echoes past tobacco lawsuits, including how they avoided harsh penalties

Barry Eichengreen compares SpaceX and other coming mega-IPOs to what followed that of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone in 1987

Barry Eichengreen compares SpaceX and other coming mega-IPOs to what followed that of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone in 1987

Natalia Albert says finally the Green Party has mostly got its tax policy right

Natalia Albert says finally the Green Party has mostly got its tax policy right

Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds says the only tax policy Labour will campaign on is its capital gains tax

Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds says the only tax policy Labour will campaign on is its capital gains tax

Green Party would make the first $10,000 people earn each year tax free, bring in a bank levy, increase the corporate tax rate for big companies and enforce a withholding tax rate on profits big tech companies make

Green Party would make the first $10,000 people earn each year tax free, bring in a bank levy, increase the corporate tax rate for big companies and enforce a withholding tax rate on profits big tech companies make

Angela Huyue Zhang says public opposition may be the best defense against an AI infrastructure bubble in the making

Angela Huyue Zhang says public opposition may be the best defense against an AI infrastructure bubble in the making

As the 'AI factory' race reaches New Zealand, Angus Dowell says it raises broad ranging questions

As the 'AI factory' race reaches New Zealand, Angus Dowell says it raises broad ranging questions

Will Glovinsky says basic income’s appeal today is similar to its roots in 18th‑century England – it’s a way to compensate people for a common good taken for private gain

Will Glovinsky says basic income’s appeal today is similar to its roots in 18th‑century England – it’s a way to compensate people for a common good taken for private gain